Do Chinese International Students' Personalities Change during Cross-National Transitions?

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Kenneth T.; Tian, Lu; Fujiki, Mayo; Bordon, Jennifer J.
Titel	Do Chinese International Students' Personalities Change during Cross-National Transitions?
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 7 (2017) 2, S.229-245 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Foreign Students; Asians; Personality Traits; Personality Change; High Achievement; Classification; Acculturation; Stress Variables; Predictor Variables; Adjustment (to Environment); Self Esteem; Likert Scales; Self Concept Measures; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Multivariate Analysis; Multiple Regression Analysis; Statistical Analysis; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Brief Symptom Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Persönlichkeitstest; Persönlichkeitsveränderung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Akkulturation; Prädiktor; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Likert-Skala; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Multivariate Analyse; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Perfectionism is a multidimensional personality construct salient for international students; they are known to be likely high achievers in their home country and face several acculturative challenges after crossing national borders. This study examined whether perfectionist types changed during cross-national transitions in a sample of 227 Chinese international students studying in the U.S. Individuals were classified into different types of perfectionists--adaptive, maladaptive, and non- perfectionists. Results indicated that 40% of the participants' perfectionist types changed during their cross-national transition. After studying in the United States, more non-perfectionists became perfectionists than perfectionists that turned into non-perfectionist. Acculturative stress predicted the direction of shift; nonperfectionists who perceived higher levels of acculturative stress were more likely to change into maladaptive perfectionists than adaptive perfectionists. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01